Sandhya Shetty, the multitasker is a Miss India contestant and acted in Bengali and South Indian movies received much adulation in the modelling industry. She walked the ramp with other models and made many a heads turned during the lighter side of the mega event. Sandhya Shetty has acted in M F Hussain's MEENAXI - A Tale of Three Cities. Raja Menon's BAS YUN HI. Action series JOSH, directed by Anil Naidu. Bengali film "KAAL" directed by bappaditya bandhopadhyay. Prominent in plays in TULU and HINDI theatre.
Prominent personalities who were felicitated included Dhanraj Pillay, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kamlesh Mehta, Abhishek Yadav amongst others.